Spine trauma
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Spine trauma
Saunders, c1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This user-friendly and authoritative new reference, comprehensively covers the evaluation, surgical management, and post-operative care of spinal injuries. It organizes the material by specific types of injuries to the cervical and thoracolumbar spine. Authoritative reviews of both spinal cord and spine anatomy and physiology emphasize information of clinical importance.
Table of Contents
Section I: General Principles. Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury: A Perspective on the Problem. Spine Injury in the Polytrauma Patient: General Surgical and Orthopaedic Considerations. Physical Examination in Spinal Trauma. Radiologic Evaluation of the Spine Injured Patient. Vascular Anatomy of the Spine. Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury. Experimental Spinal Cord Injury. Biomechanics of Spinal Cord and Nerve Root Injury. Classification of Spinal Injury. Surgical Approaches to the Cervical Spine. Surgical Approaches to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine. Intraoperative Evaluation: Somatosensory Evoked Potentials and Motor Evoked Potentials. Spinal Orthoses in the Management of Spinal Trauma. Section II: Cervical Injuries. Craniocervical Trauma. Fractures of the Atlas. Odontoid Fractures. Atlantoaxial Rotatory Deformities. Insufficiency of the Transverse Ligament. Traumatic Spondylolisthesisof the Axis (Hangman's Fracture). Burst Fractures of the Cervical Spine. Teardrop Fractures of the Cervical Spine. Facet Fractures and Dislocations. Hyperextension Injuries of the Cervical Spine. Section III: Thoracolumbar Injuries. Thoracolumbar Compression Fractures. Flexion-Distraction Injuries of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine. Facet Fractures and Dislocations of the Thoracolumbar Spine. Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures. Low Lumbar Spine Trauma. Complex Instability of the Thoracicand Lumbar Spine. Fractures of the Sacrum. Gunshot Wounds of the Spine. Management of Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury Patients. Section IV: Post Operative Care and Rehabilitation. Immediate Post Operative Care. Rehabilitation. Post-Traumatic Syringomyelia. Urologic Complications of Spinal Cord Injury. Complications of the Musculoskeletal System Following Injury to the Spinal Cord.
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